Florida bill would protect religious expression in schools

March 23, 2017

Students would be guaranteed wider rights to publicly pray and express their religious beliefs in public schools under a far-reaching bill approved by the Florida Senate...

German official wants ‘Islam law’ to shed light on funding & teachings by ‘imported imams’

March 31, 2017

Germany’s Deputy Finance Minister has called for an “Islam law” which should enable more transparency in the Muslim community...

French efforts to stop Muslim youths turning to extremism failing

March 29, 2017

France’s attempts to counter the radicalization of its young people are in turmoil, with a group home intended to turn them away from Islamic extremism empty, the head of a highly...

Muslims pray outside to protest mosque closure in Paris

March 31, 2017

Hundreds of Muslims have taken to praying on the streets of a Paris suburb to protest the closure of the hall they had been using as a prayer room. Protesters gathered outside the...

Introduction to Jurisprudential Maxims

Publisher: ICAS Press

By Ayatollah Baqir al-Irawani
Jurisprudential maxims (al-qawa‘id al-fiqhiyyah) play an important role in determining one's legal duty in particular situations. When applied, these maxims - such as the 'Maxim of Purity', the 'Maxim of No Harm', and the 'The Maxim of Averting Hardship' - help define the course of action one should take in a given scenario. This book is an English translation of Durus Tamhidiyyah fi al-Qawa‘id al-Fiqhiyyah, a popular textbook in Islamic seminaries. The work serves as an introductory textbook to the subject and investigates the meaning of 16 commonly-used maxims...

Producing Knowledge on Islam in Europe: Epistemology, Methodology, Reflexivity

April 25, 2017 | University of Cambridge, UK

This workshop will bring together established postgraduate students to explore challenges and suggest solutions for researchers working in...

The Impact of Religion Challenges for Society, Law and Democracy

Call for papers | Abstract Submission Deadline: October 31, 2017

The conference offers an interdisciplinary forum for sharing recent research on the role of religion in both the public and the private sphere with focus on the links between religion, the law...

The ICAIS 2017: 19th International Conference on Arabic and Islamic Studies

April 27-28, 2017 | Brussels, Belgium

The conference aims to bring together research scholars to exchange and share their research results on all aspects of Arabic & Islamic Studies.

Early Christianity and Islam in Relationship to the Constitutional Order

April 20, 2017 | Michigan State University, MI, USA

Special Guest Speaker: Blaque Hough
Blaque is the author of Missing the Muslims: Why the West Doesn't Understand Islam and has practiced law for nearly 25 years. He earned...

Call for Papers: Surveillance and Religion

Special Issue of ‘Surveillance and Society’ journal

This issue of Surveillance & Society is seeking papers and other submissions that examine the interplay between religion and surveillance. Deadline for submission is 1 August 2017. Religious communities are targets, as well as consumers, of surveillance. This may occur as...

Muslim Studies Program (MSP)

One of the newer programs within MSU’s International Studies and Programs, the Muslim Studies Program (MSP) supports teaching and research about Muslims around the globe from an interdisciplinary perspective. Established at MSU in 2006, MSP coordinates research, teaching, and outreach about Muslim societies and states.